iMac 2009 27" CPU Upgrade

[BrandonFrisby]

Hello, everyone.
Quick question for those brave souls among you with experience in the matter:

In upgrading the i5 in the Late 2009 iMac to an i7, I've seen nothing but great success going from the 2.66ghz i5 750 to the 2.96ghz i7 870.
I have a 3.06 i7 880 on hand.
Any reason this same exact upgrade wouldn't work, moving from my i5 750 to my i7 880?

Much appreciated!

 

[BrandonFrisby]

No info?
Could have sworn people have done this surgery before.

 

[BrandonFrisby]

Well, today is it; doing the operation myself, gonna figure it out the hard way!
I'll post pictures and updates once we finish.

 

[y2kc]

Any updates on this? I'm considering upgrading my late 2009 iMac i7-860 to an 880. Going to be installing a new Samsung 830 SSD, Seagate 3tb for data, and 32gb of ram this weekend. I've had my iMac for almost 3 years now, and it's the longest I've ever owned a computer probably. It's still fast as I need, just figured I'm upgrade while I can and prices have dropped.

 

[servus]

Any updates on this? I'm considering upgrading my late 2009 iMac i7-860 to an 880. Going to be installing a new Samsung 830 SSD, Seagate 3tb for data, and 32gb of ram this weekend. I've had my iMac for almost 3 years now, and it's the longest I've ever owned a computer probably. It's still fast as I need, just figured I'm upgrade while I can and prices have dropped.

did you succeeded? if so, a geekbench and a screenshot of your preferences would be nice! thank you!

 

[wmy5]

did you succeeded? if so, a geekbench and a screenshot of your preferences would be nice! thank you!

See this: http://www.hardmac.com/articles/335/page1

 

[y2kc]

did you succeeded? if so, a geekbench and a screenshot of your preferences would be nice! thank you!

Yes, I actually did succeed. I used the Corsair Mac Memory (2) 8gb x 2 kit at 1333mhz. Luckily it booted up and used the 1333mhz speed. Small increase in geekbench. I also removed the optical drive and installed the Samsung SSD 830 256gb there and replaced the original 1tb hard drive with a the 3tb drive. Everything is faster, and much quieter thanks to replacing the noisy 1tb hard drive. Install wasn't bad at all using all the guides that are available on the web. I don't think I'm going to tackle the processor upgrade, the extra few hundred mhz won't be worth it to me I don't think. I'll get some screenshots together when I get home.

 

[h4lp m3]

Hello, everyone.
Quick question for those brave souls among you with experience in the matter:

In upgrading the i5 in the Late 2009 iMac to an i7, I've seen nothing but great success going from the 2.66ghz i5 750 to the 2.96ghz i7 870.
I have a 3.06 i7 880 on hand.
Any reason this same exact upgrade wouldn't work, moving from my i5 750 to my i7 880?

Much appreciated!

Am I understanding this right, or did you mean to type 2.93ghz?